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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will explain why he refused to attend the May 29 and June 12 state functions in the country, the Nigerian Presidency has said.

While President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated for another term of four years on May 29, the nation celebrated the democracy day on June 12.

Mr Obasanjo did not attend the two events. He is not the only past leader to have stayed away from the state functions. The president’s predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan; former military leaders; Ibrahim Babangida and Abdusalam Abubakar were all absent during the celebrations which held at the Eagle Square.

While Yakubu Gowon, former military leader, attended the president’s inauguration, he however stayed away during the democracy day celebration.

The presidency in a statement on Wednesday said Mr Obasanjo must explain why he failed to appear at the events which he was invited to attend.

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, who signed the statement also dismissed insinuations that the former president was not invited but failed to release evidence to back up his claims.

“The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, owes an answer to Nigerians on his absence from the 2019 Presidential inauguration and Democracy Day celebration because the claim that he was not invited or he did not receive an invitation cannot be sustained,” Mr Shehu said.

Read More: https://politicstimesng.com/you-must-explain-why-you-failed-to-attend-may-29-june-12-events-presidency-tells-obasanjo/

Dayo Adewole, the son of former Health Minister, Isaac Adewole, has regained freedom.

The young Adewole was abducted in his farm located in Oyo Tuesday evening. His abductors were later said to have abandoned their vehicles after a hot chase by the Nigerian Police.

Quoting anonymous sources at the Oyo Police State command, Premium Times reports that the abductee has regained his freedom Wednesday evening.

Three persons were said to have been arrested in connection with the abduction.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/abducted-ex-ministers-son-regains-freedom/

This is one of the reasons they don't want to provide employment for the youths, because they know what the young people can do if they lay their hands on cash.

Whatever you are planning as long as you don't have the financial capability, such plot is bound to fail.

neoclassical:
Is there still hope for the youths of this country? Some years back, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu was the Governor of Abia State, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe was his deputy and Sen. Theodore Orji was his Chief of Staff. Today, the 3-man cabal are the three Senators representing Abia State, while Sen. Theodore Orji's son is the new Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly. Same thing happens mostly in all the states of the Federation. Some are Governors, while their sons or son inlaws are in the Senate or House of Reps. How do we break this jinx? This calls for serious concern among the youths of Nigeria. It is high time we began to take our destinies in our own hands. Enough is enough.

It is easier said than done, in Nigeria of today that the youths will come out? Kick against it and see majority of them support it.

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and those who abducted the son of Isaac Adewole, former Health Minister, are currently in a hot race.

Mr Adewole who served during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari had his son abducted by gunmen Tuesday evening.

Dayo Adewole was abducted in his farm at Oyo, one of the states which made the South-West region. The geo-political zone has recently witnessed a spike in criminal activities which led to threats by the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) to clampdown to those to be found culpable.

The spike in criminal activities is not limited to the South-West region as hoodlums across the country has decided to step up their game abducting both ordinary and influential Nigerians. In the North-West, the district head of Mr Buhari’s hometown was also abducted and yet to regain freedom.

Reacting to the abduction of young Adewole, the police said its men and the abductors are currently in a hot race which has led to the recovery of the vehicle used in abducting the minister’s son.

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No...afenifere is a skull mining group while ohaeneze is a drug pushing and criminal minded group. Nonsense!
MiyettiAllah still remains a sociocultural group.

You need deliverance.

You’re Insane – Bakare Attacks Presidency Over Likening Of Miyetti Allah To Afenifere, Ohanaeze

Tunde Bakare, who oversees the affairs of the Latter Rain Assembly has attacked the Nigerian Presidency for likening Miyetti Allah to other socio-cultural groups in the country.

The presidency had repeatedly defended its stand wherein it compared the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the groups representing the Yoruba and Igbo races respectively in the country.



Mr Bakare who launched the attack during a service at his ministry said those comparing the cattle-breeding group to Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo are insane.

He queried why someone who is in his right sense will likened the group alleged to be violent to other peaceful socio-cultural groups.

The cleric also condemned the exclusion of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) another socio-cultural groups in the country from the comparison.

More details here: https://politicstimesng.com/youre-insane-bakare-attacks-presidency-over-likening-of-miyetti-allah-to-afenifere-ohanaeze/

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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to be careful while disbursing the Trader Moni initiative of his administration.

Mr Buhari gave the warning when he played host to Mr Osinbajo and top government officials to the breaking of Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa on Monday.

TraderMoni is an empowerment scheme of the federal government created specifically for petty traders and artisans across Nigeria.

Osinbajo who heads the scheme has been in charge of disbursement of the funds across Nigerian Markets.

“This `market money,’ I warned the vice president, I don’t like him to be mobbed, especially the way I see hefty women coming and confronting him, he should be very careful,” Buhari was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to have warned.

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“These are very good initiatives. Initially, I was quite reluctant but I must admit that they are very good programmes and they endear this government to a lot of poor people because of these N5,000 or N10,000 being given to them as loans.

“They are fantastic programmes and I have to admit quite honestly that the vice president was ahead of me by insisting on them.

“But he knows me, if he insists I will say `okay go and do what you like.’ He did it and I’m very pleased as he is being very successful,’’ he said.

The president also frowned at elites in the country for doing nothing to tackle the living conditions of poor Nigerians.

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“When I drive around the country what upset me very much is the status of our poor people in this country – you see young people, the so-called Almajiris with tore dresses, with plastic bowl. They are looking basically for what to eat.

“The question of education (to them) is a luxury. I think Nigerian elite we are all failing because I think we should have a programme that will at least guarantee some basic education for our people no matter how poor they are,” Buhari said.

On his part, the number two citizen thanked his principal for giving him the opportunity to serve the country in that regard.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/be-careful-while-disbursing-tradermoni-buhari-warns-osinbajo/

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Omoyele Sowore, the national chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC), earlier suspended on Monday has reacted to his suspension.

Mr Sowore who publishes Sahara Reporters, was temporarily prevented from office by some members of his party.

He was accused of anti-party activities, misappropriation of funds and inability to convene the National Executive Committe (NEC).

The publisher and his cabinet members whose suspension were backdated to commence on March were suspended for six months.

But reacting to his suspension in a statement personally signed by him, Sowore expelled Leonard Nzenwa, who was named the acting chairman of the party.

Read More: https://politicstimesng.com/suspended-sowore-fights-back-expels-acting-chairman-suspend-others-from-aac/

Former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has resurfaced with corruption allegations against serving officials in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Maina, a fugitive declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleged that some top government officials are still operating bank accounts not linked to the Treasury Single Account (TSA).

TSA is a public accounting system using a single account, or a set of linked accounts by government to ensure all revenue receipts and payments are done through a Consolidated Revenue Account (CRA) at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The former pension chief was first removed from office in 2010 by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, on allegations of stealing pension funds.

He was secretly reinstated and promoted by officials in the present administration but was dismissed by Mr Buhari in 2017 when his reinstatement was made public.

Since his dismissal, he has gone underground, speaking from his hiding place.

In an interview on Human Rights Radio, 101.1 FM, Abuja, on Friday, the former pension boss pledged to come out of hiding if the president can assure him of full protection.

He said he was still in the country, contrary to reports that he has left, daring security agencies to storm his home and arrest him.

“I am in Nigeria, I just travelled for lesser Hajj, I have been in Nigeria for long, in my house. If I did something let them come and arrest me. I didn’t do anything,” Maina said revealing that the current Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, still operates bank accounts that are not linked to the Treasury Single Account.

Read More: https://politicstimesng.com/buharis-cabinet-members-still-operating-bank-accounts-not-linked-to-tsa-fugitive-maina/

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has opined why Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), should not be respected as canvassed by the Nigerian Presidency.

The presidency had warned against criminalising the cattle-breeding group, saying they are also stakeholders in the country.

In a statement on Friday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman said the group ought to be respected.

This is after he had likened Miyetti Allah to other socio-cultural groups in the country.

Disagreeing with the position, Mr Fani-Kayode opined that the activities of the group ought to earn them hatred from Nigerians and not the respect as proposed by the presidential spokesman.


He said the group should be hated because its members have killed Nigerians much more than the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.

“Miyetti Allah and their supporter of APC ISWA Fulani herdsmen have shed more innocent blood than any other terrorist org. in the last 4 years including Boko Haram,” the minister, a known critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, said in a tweet Saturday morning.

“They are worthy of our hatred, contempt and disdain and not our respect,” he added.

Members of the cattle-breeding group are often alleged to kill members of their host communities, should attempts be made at preventing their cows from eating up farm produce.


The government has vowed to continue negotiating with them in other to find lasting peace in the country.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/why-miyetti-allah-should-not-be-respected-fani-kayode/

The Nigerian Presidency has warned against the criminalisation of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN).

Before now, some Nigerians including some socio-cultural groups in the country refer to Miyetti Allah as a group made up of criminals.

A former minister had recently described the group as purveyors of violence and murders.

The minister was reacting to the meeting between the federal government and the cattle-breeding group over insecurity in some parts of the country.

The group was said to have reached an agreement with the government in which they will be paid to caution some alleged bad eggs in their midst. The government which defended the meeting as one of its measures to find lasting peace dismissed claims that it offered money to the group.

But warning that the norm in which the group is described should henceforth stop, the presidency said there is no group which does not have criminals among them.

Read More: https://www.google.com/amp/s/politicstimesng.com/dont-criminalise-miyetti-allah-presidency-warns/amp/

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Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State governor, has broken his silence after being accused of initiating moves aimed at dethroning Lamido Sanusi, the embattled emir of the state.

Mr Ganduje, re-elected for a second term in office was reportedly not supported by Mr Sanusi, during the 2019 general election.

This was due to political differences between the duo. But a new twist was added to it on Wednesday when lawmakers of the state assembly initiated and passed a bill seeking to create adding four new emirates.

The governor was fingered as the arrowhead of the plan when he gave his assent the bill on Thursday.

Speaking to State House Correspondents on Friday, the governor denied he had anything against the monarch.

He said there was need to create the additional emirates because he is moving the state to the next level and traditional institutions in the state have a vital role to play.

Read more: https://politicstimesng.com/ganduje-speaks-on-balkanization-of-kano-emirate/

Shehu Sani, lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the Senate, has revealed why traditional rulers are often been victimized by their state governors.

Mr Sani, an outgoing lawmaker, said the absence of clearly defined roles of the monarchs in the Nigerian Constitution made them preys in the hands of their state governors.

He stated this while reacting to the current travails of Lamido Sanusi, the embattled emir of Kano, who watched helplessly while his domain was balkanized in a bid to whittle down his influence in the state.

Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State governor signed a bill aimed at balkanizing the emirate on Wednesday. He is also said to be probing the financial earnings of the monarch, a move political analysts suggested will finally see Sanusi being booted out of office.

For the Kaduna lawmaker, traditional rulers whose duty are mainly in areas of security, ought to be protected by the constitution.

“Absence of clearly defined roles in the constitution makes traditional rulers vulnerable to the abuse of power, victims of blackmail and pawns and punching bags in the political chess game of their respective states,” Sani said in a Facebook post early Friday.

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“During elections, they are forced to campaign for their states Governors and the ruling parties in their respective states or risk being dethroned.

“Traditional rulers are expected to play major roles in security matters with no security votes other than handouts thrown at them by their states Governors.

“A Traditional ruler who wants to survive must be stupidly loyal, dumb and humiliatingly subservient and one that must always distance himself from the political adversaries of the Governor in office.

“Traditional rulers doing a Governors bidding can hardly be accused of aiding kidnappers or inciting inter ethnic violence even if its true. State Governors habitually creates political emirates and chiefdoms to settle scores or to reward loyalty or to reinforce their power base or for the purpose of divide and rule.

“The Traditional rulers are also not free of blame, when most of them have bastardized and commercialized the institution by dispensing Traditional tittles to people in Government and those that can pay. They create and sale funny titles with no historical basis, roots and antecedent, and to people majorly undeserving.

*Almost All Governors parade one or multiple fake Traditional titles given to them while in office. Traditional institutions have being largely desecrated by political interference, partisanship, erosion of cultural and moral values, materialism and outright violations and meddling, inimical and corrosive to the very ethical and moral component that the institution claims to possess.

“Without constitutional protection, Traditional rulers will continue to be forced by their Governors to behave like party Excos or political appointees or be ejected,” he added.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/why-traditional-rulers-are-victimized-by-state-governors-shehu-sani/

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Reno Omokri, acclaimed tormentor of President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian leader.

Mr Omokri, a former presidential aide, commended Mr Buhari for renewing the appointment of Godwin Emefiele, governor of Nigeria’s apex bank.

Mr Emefiele was reappointed for another term of five years in office. The president’s decision was made known today during plenary at the country’s upper legislative chamber.

Omokri who described himself as a critic of the president said Buhari ought to be commended when he governs well.



“I am a critic of President @MBuhari because I believe he is inept, and tribalistic,” the ex-presidential aide tweeted on Thursday.

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“However, when he does well, I must commend him. In nominating Godwin Emefiele for a 2nd term, Buhari showed he is listening and is slowly shedding his clannish nature. For that, I commend him,” he added.

Meanwhile, former president, Goodluck Jonathan, had recently urged Omokri to step down attacks he has been hauling on Buhari.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/buharis-tormentor-omokri-commends-president-see-why/

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered heads of security agencies to ensure Nigerians sleep with their eyes closed.

Mr Buhari gave the order while meeting with top security chiefs in the country on Thursday.

This was disclosed by Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok Ibas, who addressed State House Correspondents after the gathering.

Mr Ibas said himself and his colleagues gathered to brief the president on the security situation across the country.

“It was just basically to brief Mr. President of the security situation after his short vacation abroad,” the Naval chief said.

“The security agencies briefed him on what has been happening with particular emphasis on the proliferation of small arms and what various agencies are doing to curtail the consequences of this proliferation.

“He has also given directives that the agencies should do much more to ensure that Nigerians go to bed and wake up feeling healthy and confident that their security is guaranteed,” he added.

Security situation in the country, especially in the Northern part, had recently worsen with killings, kidnappings among other crimes on the rise.

Those who attended the meeting include; Chie of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique.

Others are the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan- Ali; Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahaman Dambazau, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, and the Director-General of Department for State Service (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi.

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau were also part of the meeting

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/ensure-nigerians-sleep-with-their-eyes-closed-buhari-tasks-service-chiefs/

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to challenge the judgement of the Court of Appeal regarding the governorship election of Osun State at the Supreme Court.

The state chapter of the opposition party stated this in reaction to the ruling of the appellate court which nullified the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke.

Mr Adeleke was declared winner of the exercise by the state election petition tribunal in March.

However, Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), after a supplementary election, headed to the appellate court praying the judgement be set aside on account of judicial hear-say which is not known to law.



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“It is democracy at play. We will study the Appeal Court judgment appropriately and challenge it at the supreme court,” Soji Adagunodo, who oversees the affairs of the PDP in Osun told Punch Newspapers on Thursday.

“Technicality was what Wole Olanipekun laid before the court. There was no argument about the decision of the Tribunal that gave us victory. We will upturn the judgement at the Supreme Court,” Mr Adagunodo added.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/osun-pdp-vows-to-challenge-appeal-court-judgement/